| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME mountain and he subsequently held key editorial positions in Los Angeles and San Bernardino California There he met his future wife Orsa Hurd an Ohio native who was employed by Redlands University Offered editorship ofGlobe Arizona paper Cherry accepted then proposed to Orsa and they were married on June 16 1913 Fortime the young couple engaged in ranching near Montague California but lack of success in that endeavor and Howardjournalistic yen combined to lead them to Moab Utah where from 1916 until early 1918 he was involved intwo-paper struggle for the readership of Grand and neighboring San Juan counties The Cherrydeparted Moab early in January 1918 the Independent published by Strong was acquired by the Grand Valley Times in September and becamepart of todayMoab Times-Independent Cherry was only briefly between papers On January 1918 he became editor of the Piute Chieftain in Marysvale After 14 months as AlterEarly Utah Journalism records He wrote Thirty for the Chieftain and graciously refrains from saying in his Valedictory all that he thought He trans ferred his printing plant to Gunnison Thank goodness Editor Cherry loved the paper well enough to keepfull file of it even if the Piute tribesmen did not think enough of it to take it Gunnison proved to be the right move He published the News until his death at age 71 in 1941 and along with it the Salina Sun which he acquired June 1923 Orsa took personal interest in the Sun travelling between the two communities to carry out publisherduties until 1927 At that time the family moved to Salina and thereafter her husband became the commuter Prominent in both civic and fraternal circles Howard Cherry wascharter member of the Gunnison Lions Club served asCity Councilman in Salina was active in businessmen organizations in both communities and in the Masonic Lodge in Richfield sports fan he loved baseball more than other athletic competition but also followed bas ketball and football and was an ardent fisherman and hunter Upon his death the two newspapers were taken over by 449 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
